SILVER CITY — With the calendar already turned to November that means it will be senior day for the Western New Mexico University football team this Saturday when it hosts Chadron State College at noon.

The Mustangs will honor 20 seniors during a pregame ceremony.

WNMU (3-6, 2-5 RMAC) will look to carry the momentum from a 36-20 road victory last Saturday at Adams State into this week’s contest. The Mustangs are 2-2 at home this season.

Marques Rodgers went over 1,000 yards on the season on the ground this past week and now sits at 1,062, as he averages 118 per contest. The redshirt sophomore has carried the ball 183 times and has added nine touchdowns with a long carry of 92 yards. He ranks 13th nationally in rushing yards and 20th in rushing yards per game.

In the air, Mitch Glasmann continues to add to his RMAC records in career passing yards and touchdowns. For the season he has completed 250-of-430 for 3,368 yards and 22 touchdowns. He is on pace to break his school mark for passing yards in a season in which he set last year. He is first in the nation in passing yards and passing yards per game (374.2). He is also second in completions per game (27.78) and third in total offense per contest (370.6).

His main targets have been Xavier Ayers who has caught 78 passes for 1,198 yards and four touchdowns. He is just 44 yards away from breaking Ronnell Pompey’s school record since the team moved to Division II in 1992-93 as he had 1,241 yards in 2013. Ayers is currently second in the nation in receiving yards and receiving yards per game (133.1). Rodgers, fourth in the nation in all-purpose yards, is second on the team in receptions at 58 for 629 yards and four scores. Larry Young II leads the team in TD receptions with nine, along with 54 catches for 829 yards. He is 21st in the nation in receiving touchdowns and 12th in receiving yards per game (103.6). Freshmen Kasey Allison (15, 211) and Evan Beebe (13, 200, 3 touchdowns) are also over 200 receiving yards in their first seasons.

The defense has been led by Darius Guillory. The senior has 60 tackles from his safety position, with 25 coming solo. He also has 0.5 tackles for loss, a pass breakup and a fumble recovery. Juwan Sumpter leads the team in passes broken up with 15 which ranks him sixth nationally in passes defended per game (1.8). He is third on the team in tackles with 47, with 33 coming solo, along with a tackle for loss an interception and both a fumble forced and recovered. Alfonso Wilson, the reigning RMAC Defensive Player of the Week, leads the team in tackles for loss with 11, interceptions with two and is tied for the team lead in sacks with three. He has a pair of passes broken up and two fumbles recovered, along with forcing one. Dominic Barry is second on the team in tackles with 49, including three tackles for loss. Aaron Leauma is tied with Wilson for the team sack lead with three, while he has 43 total tackles. Shiane Tupua is second in tackles for loss with 10 and has had a big season that has included a safety, a blocked field goal, a forced fumble and 30 tackles.

The Mustangs will go against Chadron State (4-5, 3-4 RMAC) as the Eagles dropped their game at home this past weekend to New Mexico Highlands, 24-16. CSC has fared better on the road (3-2), rather than at home (1-3).